Yuan Xun was surprised that the two met for the second time so soon, and Baitang was surprised that Yuan Xun would introduce himself. In her opinion, entering and exiting is not a good place to get acquainted, so she nodded slightly: "Hello."
Seeing that she didn't respond to his self-introduction, Yuan Xun said with an undiminished smile, "This local restaurant does a good job. You should definitely come and try it when you come to City B. I still have something to do, so I won't bother you for dinner. Let's go first." step."
Baitang smiled and watched Yuan Xun and the others leave. After he left, Bai Nan approached Bai Tang and asked, "Who is this person?" It seemed that no matter where he went, Bai Tang knew someone. "Isn't it quite powerful?" He vaguely felt that Yuan Xun should be a martial artist like him, but judging from his aura, he looked like an ordinary person who didn't understand martial arts.
"He's only half a step away from your Brother Han's realm." Bai Nan opened his mouth. Because of Bai Tang, he never doubted that he could break through to the Xiantian realm, but he also thought it would take a few years. But the boy who just passed by seemed to be a few years older than him. For such a young half-step Xiantian realm, his aptitude is too evil.
Baitang patted his head, "He's just a little talented in this." In terms of cultivation aptitude, Bai Nan is the best person she's ever met, not to mention her medicine bath Conditioning, the progress of cultivation in the future is definitely not comparable to these few people.
"There are people out there, I know." Even so, Bai Nan received a great blow from Yuan Xun. The other party is not like him with such a big help as Baitang, his previous pride seems a bit ridiculous in front of this person. Fortunately, it is not too late to recognize yourself now. "Sister Lu, what delicious local dishes are there? I want to try them all."
Baitang caught his change, smiled gratifiedly, and Lu Xiao's voice introducing the menu rang in his ears.
After sitting down, Bai Nan ordered all the dishes recommended by Lu Xiao. When the dishes came to the table, the siblings tasted them one by one, and they really lived up to their reputation. After a meal, Bai Nan was so satisfied that he completely forgot the little setback he had with Yuan Xun.
In the afternoon, the siblings visited a scenic spot and called a car to go back.
After returning to the villa, Bai Nan found a chance to ask clearly about the morning at the teahouse: "I can probably guess the purpose of you taking me there, but what I don't understand is why you guys took the initiative to provoke trouble? I also understand the principle of respect, but it doesn't mean that you want to embezzle the territory of people who have no enemies with you for no reason?"
This kind of code of conduct that takes the initiative to attack with malice is contrary to Bai Nan's philosophy all along. He knew that the rules of the martial arts family should not be treated according to his original rules of dealing with things. He also realized the importance of strength in Zhao Hong's affairs, and the attitude of this circle that they can do whatever it takes to benefit. But the schemes heard in the morning were just the selfish desires of these people, and Baitang didn't even object.
"Any one of resources and ambition is enough to do all of this." Baitang didn't avoid his gaze, looked at him and replied, "The purpose of taking you there is not only the level you think, I also want to Let you see the cruelty and reality of this world."
"We are different from them. We only have two people, and no big family needs us to fight for resources. Besides, can't resources be negotiated and exchanged like doing business? According to what you said, before the situation changes, they Aren't several of them coexisting peacefully?"
"What you said is not wrong. There are ways and means of peaceful coexistence, as well as means of conspiracy." Bai Nan's eyes lit up slightly, but was completely extinguished by Bai Tang's subsequent words, "Bai Nan, sister did not You think so well, I can count the innocent people for my own purposes or the benefits I want."
Bai Nan lowered her head, "Is this the truth you want me to see?"
"Yes."
Bai Nan was silent, he didn't know how to describe his current mood. Before Dad's accident, the three of them lived in a small county town. Although life is not that rich, but life is very happy, there are childhood sweethearts who can share weal and woe, and when they meet people who speak ill of their siblings, they can go up and fight with them. There is an older sister who is above average in grades. The dishes she cooks are not delicious, but she can take care of others.
And all this changed after the accident. Dad turned out to be a rich N generation, they had a mother like that, and his sister, who was supposed to have the same heart with him, suddenly became full of secrets. These secrets did not become clear as he approached and peeled them off, but became more and more unclear and strange.
He didn't mention this to Bai Tang, because from a certain day, he discovered Bai Tang's changes, and he seemed to be trying to restore their relationship to the past, so he happily threw these things into the corner.
Later, they got involved with the martial arts family here. He hadn't seen Baitang's methods of dealing with the enemy, but he felt that her indifference to these people was not an irrelevant indifference brought about by unfamiliar relationships, but a kind of cruelty.
If Bai Tang hadn't pointed it out today, Bai Nan had been telling himself that the inner essence of the other party was still the elder sister who had been inseparable from him since he was a child. However, it changed after all.
"I feel a little uncomfortable, Baitang." Bai Nan opened his mouth again, and he walked forward and hugged Baitang gently. After growing up, they rarely have this kind of intimacy between them. "You changed when I didn't know, but I don't know what you have experienced, whether you have been wronged by the big, or encountered very difficult setbacks." It has been that kind of character for more than ten years. May change for no reason. "You just treat me like a child and never discuss this with me."
"Bai Nan."
"Am I very naive in your eyes? Not worth relying on?" Bai Nan hugged her hand tightly, not letting Bai Tang finish her sentence. "I will grow up quickly and become stronger. Whoever dares to make you feel wronged at that time, I will beat him until he doesn't even know his own mother!"
Bai Tang was amused by his last "ruthless words", "Xiao Nan, I'm very happy to hear these words from you."
Baitang seldom calls Bai Nan by Bai's father's name. When Bai Nan hears this nickname, there is a soft feeling in Baitang's voice. Some things that are invisible between them seem to be slowly disappearing in this nickname.
"You are very good. You have been doing very well. It is because I did not trust you." In her eyes, Bai Nan always felt that she was still so young, and it was a peaceful age, so she didn't have to worry about bearing things to grow up. . When he practiced, she felt that it was necessary for him to understand some rules of this world. "If you have any doubts in the future, I will tell you except what you can't say."
"Really?" Bai Nan felt that the unexpected surprise was too big, raised her head, and her expression brightened in a second, "You won't be perfunctory to me, will you?"
Baitang smiled and shook his head: "No."
Bai Nan narrowed her eyes contentedly, and then climbed up the pole and immediately asked: "Then when do you plan to go to the Zhao family? What are you going to do to the Zhao family?"
"The Zhao family has three congenital masters," Bai Nan nodded, and Bai Tang showed him the information of these aristocratic families. "It just corresponds to the three realms of the early stage, the middle stage, and the late stage. When I go to the Zhao family, the one who will be abolished is the innate realm warrior in the late stage."
"It's really abolished?" Bai Nan breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, he was really afraid of hearing Bai Tang say that he was going to kill someone. "Is abolishing him just to make the situation more chaotic? But what good does it do us?"
"I moved him, not to make the situation more chaotic, but to stabilize the situation again." Bai Nan didn't understand, and Bai Tang also knew that he wouldn't understand the endless, so he patiently explained, "The aristocratic family They also have ambitions, but they are really chaotic. Before making sufficient preparations, they still hope to see a relative balance. Because this move, when the time comes, no one can guarantee whether it will go up or down. Little surprise."
"Han Shaozhe's breakthrough was too sudden for people on both sides. It is not something that can be swallowed up in a short period of time. Therefore, the three factions need some time. On the one hand, they want to swallow up the family below. Preparation, on the other hand, is to prepare for the possible alliance of the other two. During this period of time, if the Zhao family loses another one, then the three factions probably will reach a temporary alliance to forcefully stabilize the situation. "
After digesting these two paragraphs, Bai Nan asked plastically: "Then the three factions can join forces to eat up several families first, and then share the benefits."
"So, I chose to abolish, not kill." Bai Nan was choked by her casual killing words at first, and then he was at a loss again. "If I can abolish a late-stage innate realm, I can naturally kill any master from the three factions. They can't be sure whether the person who shoots belongs to an aristocratic family or another hidden force, so they won't act rashly."
"Then what good is Zhao Hong's superiority to you? The highest in the martial arts world has not broken through the innate realm. With your skill, isn't any sect can control it?"
Bai Tang smiled, and gave an answer that surprised Bai Nan: "Because I also need time." Who knows if there is anyone in the monastic world here, if so, she made too much noise, Attracting the people over there, she couldn't handle it alone.
Bai Nan blinked, "Why?"
"There is a higher level of power above the martial arts world. I don't want to attract people with the same cultivation level as me."
Bai Nan was stunned, she left Baitang's room in a daze. He received too much information from Baitang and was too shocked, he was a little bit overwhelmed.
When it was time for dinner, there was another customer in the restaurant, an old man with a beard. Through Gu Yan's introduction, both siblings knew that this was a very capable and prestigious doctor, surnamed Cui.
When old man Cui saw Bai Nan for the first time, his eyes lit up, and he called Bai Nan to sit beside him. After Bai Nan sat down, old man Cui squeezed his arms in and out with both hands, touching Bai Nan until goosebumps fell all over the floor. If it wasn't for Gu Yan's relationship, it would have been called long ago.
"Good seedling, old man, besides the Yuan family boy, you are the best kid." Obviously, this old man Cui is the doctor in the martial arts circle that Gu Yan found for Papa Bai. "It's you little girl, the old man can't see the depth, and the younger generation is scary." If Baitang was a young man, Cui old man would have gone up and touched her a long time ago, but she is a big girl, so his hand can't be stretched out.
"Grandpa Cui won the prize."
Old man Cui waved his hand, he took the title of Great Physician, even the three sects had seen many people, but Baitang was the first junior he had ever seen who couldn't figure out the depth. Even Yuan Xun from back then, he could see a thing or two.
"Tangtang is just good at some concealment methods." Father Bai is not worried about old man Cui's character, otherwise, Gu Yan would not have found him. However, if old man Cui chatted with others and shared his views on Baitang, Baitang's name would soon spread in the circle, and that would be too eye-catching. "It's Yuan Xun that Mr. Cui mentioned. I was lucky enough to hear a few words. He is really talented. I am afraid that no one in this generation can surpass him."
"Who says it isn't." Old man Cui's sense of Yuan Xun is not bad, and he kept smiling when talking about him, "However, I think your youngest son is not bad, and he won't be much worse than that kid in the future. "
"This kid is still playing hard."
Cui Lao smiled, turned his eyes to Gu Yan, and raised his eyebrows: "If you were willing to come in back then, you would have been the leader of the army, but... no matter how bad it is, it would be good to learn some medical skills from my old man. This temper , I don’t know who it looks like.”
Gu Yan twitched the corner of his mouth, "I'm fine now, Cui Bo."
"Being a businessman who calculates this and that all day?" Old Cui snorted, "You don't feel tired. If you learn from me, you won't invite me here today, you can handle it yourself. "
"Even if I learn it, how can I compare with Tribo in this aspect? You can make me feel at ease?"
Only then did old man Cui laugh, "Okay, you don't have to tell me these nice things, anyway, I'm just going through the motions when I come here, what to do with these things."
Bai Nan and Bai Tang winked in private, and there was a hint of "who is my uncle" in his eyes. Bai Tang shook his head at him, Bai Nan couldn't guess whether she really didn't know or couldn't tell, so she kept her doubts in her stomach and planned to ask after dinner.
After the meal, Bai Nan wanted to ask Baitang to have a private conversation, but Baitang was pulled away first by a phone call.
It was Han Shaozhe who called. Like Bai Nan, he also asked about Gu Yan. "Senior, do you know the origin of this little uncle of your family?" With Baitang's skills and methods, Han Shaozhe thought she knew, but he also checked the information of the Bai family. Make sure the other party knows how much, so, after much deliberation, let me know.
"I know." As for Han Shaozhe, Baitang didn't play it perfunctory.
"Does the senior know that he has an elder brother Gu Chen who is in Jin Jianzong?" Knowing this relationship, Han Shaozhe is not sure about his future attitude towards Jin Jianzong. "Gu Chen is the future successor of the Jin Jianzong." Therefore, at the gate of the teahouse in the morning, Gu Yan, an ordinary person without any internal strength, had the confidence to threaten him with words.
"You do what you have to do."
Han Shaozhe's tone was serious: "I see, I don't know when senior plans to go to Zhao's house?"
"The day before I left City B."
"I understand."
After putting away the phone, Baitang turned around, and Gu Yan was standing at the entrance of the balcony. "Did uncle come to tell me to go down, or do you need to find me?"
Gu Yan stepped forward, "Come here to talk to you about something."
Bai Tang pretended to be listening attentively, Gu Yan walked up to the railing, cast his gaze into the distance without any focus, and said calmly: "Mr. Cui is the oldest doctor in the martial arts world. It’s still a sect, and we have some friendship with him. There are also many physician disciples under Cui Lao’s sect, and physicians have a special status in the martial arts world, and ordinary warriors will not easily make enemies with them.”
"What does my uncle want to tell me by telling me this?"
"If there is a chance, you or Bai Nan can ask him some medical questions."
Baitang raised his eyes and looked in the direction Gu Yan was looking at, a mottled tree shadow under the street lamp. After a while, a laughing voice escaped from his mouth: "Then if I say I want to know the relationship between Uncle and Grandpa Cui, what did Grandpa Cui say back then?"
"The Gu family in City B is my origin. As for more details," Gu Yan turned to look at her, the expression on his face was very light, just like the night at this moment, looking a little hazy and blurred, "You and Han Shaozhe are friends If so, it shouldn’t be difficult to know.”
"I'll tell Bai Nan about all of this."
"One thing, I hope you can remember." After a pause, Gu Yan said in a clear voice, "Second brother came here for his legs." After finishing speaking, he walked out of the balcony.
Baitang sighed softly, Gu Yan is really grateful to Papa Bai. Even if she and Bai Nan are children that Papa Bai values and is willing to give everything to protect, if something happens, Gu Yan will put Papa Bai first. In fact, she didn't know much about his life experience, she only knew that the Gu family had a lot of power in City B, it seemed that both the military and government had their influence, and Gu Yan came to the Bai family by accident because of a political change.
"Sister, what were you and uncle talking about just now?" Bai Nan saw Gu Yan coming down, so she came up.
"He's talking about his life experience." As he spoke, Bai Tang briefly explained Gu Yan's life experience. After hearing this, Bai Nan was full of surprises, especially when he heard that Gu Yan had an older brother who was also the heir to the head of the Golden Sword Sect. This made him a little dizzy.
"Since the Gu family is so powerful, why don't you take my uncle back?" The Bai family's foundation in S city can't compare to the Gu family's foundation in B city. "Uncle's parents don't want him?"
"How could my uncle tell me the cause and effect relationship here?"
Bai Nan was right when he thought about it, his uncle didn't seem like a person who liked to talk about his personal affairs. "Where are we going tomorrow?"
"I don't need to go anywhere these days. Let's see if there are any suitable scenic spots. Let's go shopping with my father."
Bai Nan was not good at those twists and turns, but after hearing her words, she happily went to find materials and arrange them.
And Baitang received a call from another person—Yang Jincheng. Yang Jincheng didn't talk to her about anything special on the phone, he just knew she was in city B and came over to say hello.
On the second day, a group of four people went for a stroll around two scenic spots with few people and beautiful scenery according to the information Bai Nan found last night. Along the way, Bai Nan helped them take many photos.
Half of the time passed in a blink of an eye. During this time, the four of them took a rough tour of City B like tourists on a trip. During the period, Lu Xiao also came to serve as a tour guide for them. Gu Yan didn't say anything when he saw Lu Xiao, and he didn't know if he saw anything special. Anyway, when Bai Nan called people over, she was still a little apprehensive, after all, Gu Yan had shown early in the morning that he didn't want them to have anything to do with Han Shaozhe.
In the second week, Gu Yan was the first to get busy, often going out alone for a long time. In contrast, Cui Lao stayed in the villa longer and longer. Sometimes, Baitang took Bai Nan out, leaving Elder Cui alone to accompany Papa Bai, and when the three of them came back, Papa Bai and Elder Cui were happily playing chess.
After several games of chess and fighting, both Mr. Cui and Dad Bai tended to become friends with each other.
On this day, Bai Tang did not bring Bai Nan out, and walked alone in the street. After a while, he was invited to a tea house with an ancient architectural style. The person who asked her to come up opened the door of the private room for her, and when she walked in, closed the door and guarded the door.
In the private room, there is a room full of tea fragrance, and one person stands in front of the wooden window with her back facing her, tall and tall, with a sharp momentum. Baitang is very familiar with this kind of sharpness, it belongs to the aura of sword repair. The next moment, the man slowly turned around, and a face that resembled Gu Yan eight to nine points came into view. The identity of the other party is self-evident - Gu Yan's real elder brother, Gu Chen.
"Sit." Gu Chen stretched out his hand and pointed to the opposite seat.
Bai Tang came and sat down opposite him, facing each other at close range, the feeling just now became clearer. The person in front of him was feeling the sharpness of the sword. Bai Tang was a little surprised. In the realm of comprehension, there are very few warriors who can comprehend the artistic conception of swords. Here she met one, although it is only the most obvious conception that is not even considered as a beginner. But it also shows the opponent's understanding on the sword.
Gu Chen didn't care about the scrutiny in Baitang's eyes at first, he invited him presumptuously, and he looked very similar to Gu Yan, so it was normal for him to be scrutinized by the other party. But gradually, he felt a little different. The aura brought out by his swordsmanship practiced to a certain level unknowingly weakened. His heart was shocked, and he made the opening remarks calmly: "I am Gu Chen, Gu Yan's elder brother. If you want, you can also call me Uncle Chen."
Baitang smiled lightly, but didn't call for someone right away.
Gu Chen didn't mind either, he didn't come to see her just to call her uncle. "Xiaoyan came to me for the sake of your siblings, so I want to see what kind of person he will be so protected by." Although Gu Yan grew up in Bai's family, because of what happened when they were young, they The whole family is very partial to him, but the other party's temper is so indifferent that they have a headache. Now he actually came to ask him to take care of a pair of siblings. Of course, he, the elder brother, wanted to meet the parties.
"What about after watching it?" Bai Tang never thought that Gu Yan would do such a thing behind his back.
"Of course I want you to remember Xiaoyan's kindness."
Baitang raised her eyebrows, back then she had only heard of Gu Yan having an older brother, but the real person had never seen him. Now that I meet people, my personality is somewhat expected and some unexpected. "I will remember."
After hearing this, Gu Chen narrowed his eyes. He was going to take back his previous views on this little girl. "I know from Xiaoyan that your siblings also learned martial arts, but who did you learn from?"
"It's just a nobody."
"Can you use a sword?"
Just as Bai Tang was about to answer, there was a knock on the door, and then the person guarding the door came in to ask for instructions. Yuan Xun is here.
Gu Chen glanced at Bai Tang meaningfully, then nodded at the man, and Yuan Xun walked in behind him. "Knowing that Brother Gu came back and was in the same teahouse as me, I couldn't help but come over to say hello. I don't know if I disturbed Brother Gu?"
"It's already here, don't bother me. Sit down."
Yuan Xun sat with his back to the door, turned his head to look at Baitang, and said with a smile, "What a coincidence."
"Yeah, what a coincidence."
Sure enough, Gu Chen got up and poured a bowl of tea for the two of them, while casually saying to Yuan Xun: "I want to congratulate you, soon, brother Xun will become the youngest Xiantian realm warrior, right?"
"Thank you." Yuan Xun was not modest on this topic, nor was it necessary. The relationship between the two sects was mediocre at first, but after Jin Jianzong produced Gu Chen, a swordsman genius, Jin Jianzong always liked to show it off, and over time, he developed a desire to compare. When he entered the sect, when the two sects met, there was always a spat of words.
"Xiaotang, if you have something to do, you can go first." When Yuan Xun came, Gu Chen's original plan could only be shelved, but he agreed to Xiaoyan's request, of course he didn't know that Yuan Xun's goal was Baitang, He also left people here for Yuan Xun to test.
"Is Doctor Bai urgent?" Yuan Xun turned his head to the side and raised his eyes slightly, his tone was unhurried, "I have met the doctor several times, but I have never had a chance to sit down and talk to the doctor. It is rare that there is Brother Gu this time." Now, won't Dr. Bai sit down for a while?"
"No." Bai Tang stood up and said to Gu Chen, "I will remember what you said."
Gu Chen raised his lips and watched Baitang walk out of the private room. The sound of closing the door sounded again, Gu Chen looked away, met Yuan Xun's vague smile, took a sip from the tea bowl, put it down, and asked, "How is Sect Master He's health recently?"
"Take care, everything is fine."